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anon answered on 3 Jul 2012:
Good question, yes gases including methane do leave the body both in life and after death. Some of the gas is produced by bacteria in the large bowel. After death breakdown of body tissues can also produce gas which is flammable and potentially dangerous. The author Charles Dickins in his novel Bleak House describes a man who died by “spontaneous combustion” (gaseous alcohol on his breath caught fire).
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